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Love Is Not a Telenovela
February 6, 2012 – 6:45 am | 3 Comments

Pan Dulce Says “I Love You”

By Cynthia Martinez
When I was younger, and still in the dating scene, I thought boyfriends never loved me. Not one of them ever expressed love towards me with confetti, pan …

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Guava, Guava Everywhere. (Video)
November 14, 2010 – 8:58 pm | 3 Comments
Guava, Guava Everywhere. (Video)

Bon Appetit, one of my favorite cooking magazines published a recipe for Rose Sangria with Pineapple and Guava in its June 2009 issue. I made it for a dinner party and it was a …

Latin-flavored Video Round-up
October 28, 2010 – 9:50 am | 7 Comments
Latin-flavored Video Round-up

OK, gente…I troll the web so you don’t have to. And see, today I found you the perfect thing: A chihuahua taco holder. You may have to find it at a flea market though. It …

Crazy Cuban Anti-Aging Trick (Video)
October 18, 2010 – 8:16 am | 21 Comments
Crazy Cuban Anti-Aging Trick (Video)

Note: Today is my mother’s birthday. Because she puts up with me and loves me, she is allowing me to publicly share a story at her expense On.Her.Birthday. If that is not motherly love, I …

Larger than Life
October 18, 2010 – 4:33 am | 11 Comments
Larger than Life

Editor’s note: While we were in Miami last week, Carrie took me on a pilgrimage to El Palacio de los Jugos on Flagler and 57th. I say “pilgrimage” because we both live in areas where …

Getting Our ¡Parranda! On (Video)
October 15, 2010 – 1:01 am | 13 Comments
Getting Our ¡Parranda! On (Video)

Click on the headline to enjoy the !Parranda! party video.
Carrie and I were in Miami last weekend attending a blog conference. It was called Blogalicious Weekend. (Don’t you just love the sound of it already?)
It …

So, I Cut Off All My Hair (Video)
October 4, 2010 – 4:20 am | 25 Comments
So, I Cut Off All My Hair (Video)

Ed. Note: Welcome to Hair Week on the Tiki Tiki! We’re talking all sorts of hair issues — cutting it off, straightening it, loving it, being frustated by it…Let’s pretend we’re in a salon and …

Happy Hispanic Stereotype Month
September 22, 2010 – 8:55 am | 34 Comments
Happy Hispanic Stereotype Month

I may start walking around with fruit on my head.
I may start wearing tacones — and only tacones — to the grocery.
I may start calling my husband Papito, but only if he promises to call …

Pitbull y Yo – A Surreal Story and a Giveaway
September 20, 2010 – 12:32 am | 35 Comments
Pitbull y Yo – A Surreal Story and a Giveaway

As you know, I’m a SAHM (Stay-at-home-mom). I may also be the World’s Oldest Living Blogger, but that’s not important right now.
Last week I had the opportunity to meet a young Cuban recording artist: The …

I blinked.
September 13, 2010 – 12:28 am | 21 Comments
I blinked.

Ed. Note: This is the first in a three-column Parenting series on the Tiki Tiki this week. Click here to learn more about upcoming posts.
I don’t know if you know this about me, but I …

Abuela Speaks English
August 15, 2010 – 7:16 pm | 23 Comments
Abuela Speaks English

Click the headline link to see the hilarious video.

So, I arrived in Miami two weeks and 27 pastelitos ago, and from nearly the moment I landed in the Homeland, I have been on my mother …